Feeding Oily Herbs - pros and cons

Mine arrived today. I ordered 250g each of Oregano, Rosemary & Thyme. Needless to say, I doubt we'll need to buy herbs for a while!
100ml scoop of mixed per day is it?
PS, they smell delicious all mixed & it's all I can smell in the kitchen now!
 
Dave's Mam said:
Mine arrived today. I ordered 250g each of Oregano, Rosemary & Thyme. Needless to say, I doubt we'll need to buy herbs for a while!
100ml scoop of mixed per day is it?
PS, they smell delicious all mixed & it's all I can smell in the kitchen now!
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100ml Sounds good. I feed 120ml but my horse is 16.3hh
 
Dave's Mam said:
Mine arrived today. I ordered 250g each of Oregano, Rosemary & Thyme. Needless to say, I doubt we'll need to buy herbs for a while!
100ml scoop of mixed per day is it?
PS, they smell delicious all mixed & it's all I can smell in the kitchen now!
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I raise you by.... a couple kilos.

Bought 1kg of rosemary, 1kg of thyme, and 500g of oregano. In fairness, I do have two horses, but it looks like I have a lot of weed. Slipper included for scale.

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I've just ordered and got 500g of each of the three herbs, based on the info I have read on here and hoping to help my old boy (now 27) hold his weight over the last of the winter, when it usually drops off rapidly.

I am wondering if I should feed the mix to my younger riding horse too? She lives out full time and at the moment she's in a small dry 'winter paddock' with a shavings base, no grass, and is only fed big bale haylage, ad lib and very good quality. She is a good doer but would she benefit from the herbs as well?
 
still standing said:
I've just ordered and got 500g of each of the three herbs, based on the info I have read on here and hoping to help my old boy (now 27) hold his weight over the last of the winter, when it usually drops off rapidly.

I am wondering if I should feed the mix to my younger riding horse too? She lives out full time and at the moment she's in a small dry 'winter paddock' with a shavings base, no grass, and is only fed big bale haylage, ad lib and very good quality. She is a good doer but would she benefit from the herbs as well?
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I would definitely feed to any horse it's made a huge difference to mine.
 
I did the same, 1 kg each of the 3 herbs. Bought 3L container thinking it would be ok....no chance, 1 bag didn't even fit.
I've had to use a 25L plastic box that I had!
 
Tiddlypom said:
Those are the base three. You can add other herbs, but those three kick it off very well.
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Thank you.

I wanted to do the equi biome test but dont have a spare £150 laying about as horse is going through Liverpool treatment atm and he isnt insured as its his second lot, first was 7 years ago so its taken that long to come back.

Its there a list of herbs and what they help with anywhere?
 
Sorry to resurrect this post but Im just trying my own herbs as we speak (raspberry leaves, nettle and mint). Going to get some oregano, thyme and rosemary now too! Quick question - do you all feed them dry or do you pour boiling water over them first as it suggests on the internet for helping the horse absorb more nutrients from them? Thanks!
 
MagicMelon said:
Sorry to resurrect this post but Im just trying my own herbs as we speak (raspberry leaves, nettle and mint). Going to get some oregano, thyme and rosemary now too! Quick question - do you all feed them dry or do you pour boiling water over them first as it suggests on the internet for helping the horse absorb more nutrients from them? Thanks!
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I have them damp with cold water, but only so they stick to the minerals he doesn't want to eat.
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I'm interested in this, are there any resources you oily/fragrant lot can recommend/link for further reading about it all?
 
I've done hot water in winter - chamomile smells amazing! Otherwise I just mix in with their tiny portion of soaked hay cobs. I don't have electric at the current yard but I didn't find there was any obvious difference soaking Vs just tipping in feed.

@Nasicus if you can get on the Equibiome Facebook page there's various articles. It's not really maintained now so needs a bit of a search through.
 
Some reading done and seems interesting, have ordered 500g of the three from amazon, take it I just toss 'em together and feed about 30g a day for a 400kg pony?
 
Sorry to revive an old thread...but I kinda didn't think was too old.

Would D&H Hedgerow Herbs suffice re Oilt Herbs...or in people's opinion are they lacking.

Quite curious about all of this...

Thank you
 
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